BlackRock, LGIM and DWS sustainable passive funds exposed to fossil fuels

Analysis of sustainable passive funds by Reclaim Finance finds hundreds exposed to oil giants and coal producers

Trading Places: Deutsche Bank hires ECM veteran, Paul Weiss boosts London office

Find out who is on the move in the City and beyond this week

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Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer Levin partners approve merger

Partners vote to approve $2bn transatlantic law firm tie-up

Residential home sales are hitting peaks last seen in 2006, just before the bubble burst, but this time mortgages are stricter, down payments are higher, and a tight supply is supporting prices. 

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The eyeeglass-maker was one of the original direct-to-consumer brands, but now, its sales are split about evenly between its more than 140 bricks-and-mortar locations and its online store. WSJ’s Charity Scott explains why this split is Warby Parker’s secret sauce.

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The country, a low-tax base for many U.S. multinationals, had been one of a small number of holdouts on an agreement that aims to overhaul global taxation.

TEST:Ireland Signs On to Global Deal Seeking to Curb Tax Avoidance

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Trading Places: Barclays hires new M&A boss, Julius Baer restructures again

Barclays hires Centerview dealmaker Woeber to lead global M&A

The UK lender has tapped a veteran dealmaker to head up a key area of growth

Nomura taps Hiraoka and Tyce to lead global rates trading

Japanese bank doubles up leadership of key markets division

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BlackRock, LGIM and DWS sustainable passive funds exposed to fossil fuels

Duplicate Wighton

Bosses are sleepwalking into cost crisis, fintech disruption and Downing Street upheaval

Hoping the good times are the new normal for fixed income trading

The post-Brexit City needs a Swiss trade deal, not a distant US pact

Why Credit Suisse’s ‘fundamental’ investment bank overhaul is long overdue

Why Liz Truss’s brutal sacking of Tom Scholar could further alienate an angry civil service

Regulators must be more accountable — and not just to government

Government finds there is no free lunch on growth-boosting City reforms

Wimbledon beats the investment industry over pandemic threats

China’s decision over Russia will be critical for western investors

BoE’s Andrew Bailey was playing a high-stakes game over gilts support for pension funds

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